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From 1926 to The Ring: How the First Televisor Birthed a Century of Screen Horror
Marking the 100th anniversary of John Logie Baird’s 1926 Televisor, this essay explores the uncanny and "abject" history of our favorite medium. By tracing the lineage from Baird’s domestic scrap-metal experiments to modern screen horror like The Ring and I Saw the TV Glow, we examine how television began not as a feat of progress, but as a flickering, "hauntological" event that forever changed the human gaze.
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From 1926 to The Ring: How the First Televisor Birthed a Century of Screen Horror
Marking the 100th anniversary of John Logie Baird’s 1926 Televisor, this essay explores the uncanny and "abject" history of our favorite medium. By tracing the lineage from Baird’s domestic scrap-metal experiments to modern screen horror like The Ring and I Saw the TV Glow, we examine how television began not as a feat of progress, but as a flickering, "hauntological" event that forever changed the human gaze.
Maryann as the monster of excess in true blood season 2
Explore True Blood Season 2 through Maryann Forrester, the monster of excess. This essay examines her seductive, maternal, and orgiastic power, revealing how female-centered horror shifts from private desire in Season 1 to chaotic, communal body horror.
Southern gothic girlhood in true blood
This Girl Horror essay explores True Blood as a Southern Gothic fairy tale, examining how Sookie Stackhouse’s girlhood is shaped by small-town restrictions, supernatural ruptures, and the collision of innocence with violence in Bon Temps, Louisiana.
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